The Labor enquirer., 1887-09-10
That Is What Dr.. Edward Nc
GIynn Must Surely Be :.
Serving.
OWEN EXPOSES The sERF,
Another Scorching Criticism Of the
Methods OF the Modern
King George.
Editor Labor Enquirer.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
Mr.. George is at present full of
sneers for the evolutionary teach
ings of the German Socialists, a
branch of study in which they
have hitherto been supposed to
lead the world. | observe never
.theless that he is himself suffi-
GENTLY under their influence to be
convinced that the American ma
ton has inherited particular
bent of thought predisposing it to
magnify the individual. He is
himself, though somewhat timor-
ously, AN individualist; DR.. Nc
Glynn on the other hand has not
his teachers caution-"We want
more individualism; we don't want
more socialism" Great cheering.
OF the calm assumption that the.
one is the negation of the other |
will for the present say nothing;
simply note this passage from a
recent speech for the sake of max
ing an obvious reflection. DR..
McGlynn having at last mustered
courage to wrench the hand Of
Rome from his throttle, has doubt
less become acutly concious of his
eg0;; the pendulum so long forced
to one extreme has naturally
swung with corresponding veloci-
ty to its opposite; a rebellous II"
is racing through his blood, and
he can scarcely be expected to
sympathize with the phlegmatic
philosophy of the Teuton. The
hare was by far the best and most
graceful runner but the tortoise
got there first, which is only an
other way of saying that the plod-
ding German is to-day several GEN.
turies ahead of the nimble Irish
man in his appreciation of the dig
nifty of the individual-long since
risen to the conception of the
responsibility of the individual
Each for himself alone. reckoning with that
The nxed arithmic Of the universe
That meteth good for good, and III for III,
Measure for measure, for oil thoughts, words,
deeds,
Making all futures fruits OF all the past .
his courageous free thought has
won its way to creed in which
the individual is looked on as a
man, clothed with the dignity of
rights and duties, and personally
responsible for failure to seize the
one or to perform the other. AS
against this what is Edward Nc
Glynn's conception of the individ-
ual1 He wallows to-day in a
creed that persistently glories in
the degradation of the individual;
that regards him as child saved
! from the consequences of his own
action by the sacrifice centuries
ago of the Son Of God, and still
protected by the intercession of
innumerable saints. What is it to
me that DR.. McGlynn advocates a
measure which | regard as certain
ly an Improvement on our indivic-
ual landlord system, when he does
but use It as stalking horse to
insinuate a philosophy which the
awakening conscience Of man.
kind had begun to reject with hor-
ror' In this matter there is abso-
lutely no choice; the man who
lends his voice to tempting hu-
man nature on its weakest side;
who whispers in mems ears that
by vicarious atonement, death-bed
repentance and the like they can
be saved from the consequences
OF their misdeeds; that man is the
legitimate successor of those who
reduced the human race to mental
childishness that they might hold